Stan Kenton 1944-1948

Stan Kenton 1944-1948
Old Big Band Selection JB-108

1  Eager Beaver
2  Ride On 
3  I Know That You Know
4  Claire De Lune
5  Built It Up
6  Five O'Clock Drag (Ellington)
7  I Didn't Know About You
8  And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
9  More Than You Know
10  You Betcha
11 Taboo
12 Special Delivery
13 Sergent Mess
14 Death of Xavier Cugat
15 Three Mothers
16 I'm In The Mood For Love
17 Minor Riff
18 You Go To My Head
19 Styled For Christy
20 Concert To End All Concert

1,2,4,5,6,10  1944 May
7  1944 Nov.28,  9,13 1944 Nov. 
3,8,12,  1944 Dec.
Stan Kenton and his Orchestra
John Caroll, Buddy Childers, Carl George, Dick Mose (tp), Harry Folbs, George Fear, Bert Barcelona(tb), Eddie Mayers, Chester Ball (as), Dave Mathews, Stan Gets (ts), Bog Gioga( bs), Stan Kenton (p), Bob Ahern (g), Gene England (b), Jese Price(ds), Anita O'Day, Gene Howard (vo)

14,15,16,17,18,19,20  1948 November 7
Stan Kenton and his Orchestra
Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvaretz, Ed Budkelly (tp), Milt Burnheart, Harry Folbs, Harry Bets, Harry DeVito, Bert Barcelona (tb), George Welder, Art Pepper (as), Bob Cooper, Warner Welder (ts), Bob Gioga (bs), Stan Kenton (p), Laurindo Almeida(g), Eddie Safranski(b), Shelly Mann (ds), June Christy (vo)

Willis Conover's House of Sounds,

Willis Conover's House of Sounds,
Willis Conover Presents The Orchestra
Joe Timer, musical director
JASMIN 1016 

Jazz評論家のWillis Conoverが東海岸の若手白人を中心に1951年に結成したBig Bandの演奏です。珍しい盤ではありますが、今一つ元気のない感じです。たぶん聞き込めば、味が出て良さが分かるのでしょう。

A
1  I've Got You Under My Skin (Porter)
2  One For Kenny (Timer)
3  The Song Is You (Kern-Hammerstein)
4  Pill Box (Potts)
5  Light Green (Potts)
6  Flamingo (Grouya-Anderson)
B
1  Something To Remember You (Schwartz-Dietz)
2  Sheriff Crane (Jack Holliday)
3  Playground (Potts)
4  The Tiger (Harvey Leonard)
5  Moonlight in Vermont (Suessdorf-Blackburn)
6  Willis (Potts)

The Orchestra Joe Timer Musical Director
New York, NY; December 30, 1955
Bob Carey, Ed Leddy, Marky Markowitz, Charlie Walp, (tp); Dan Spiker, Earl Swope, Rob Swope, (tb); Jim Riley, (as); Ben Lary, Jim Parker, Angelo Tompros,(ts); Jack Nimitz, (bs); Jack Holliday, (p); Merton Oliver, (b); Joe Timer (Theimer), (ds, cond.) ,Pill Potts (arr)

曲は有名曲とオリジナル曲半々です。アンサンブルはしっかりしており、ピアノフォルテも効いています。1950年台前半という感じがすごくするのはソロイストがクール派で固められているせいもあるのでしょう。